What does EPC stand for?

European Patent Convention (treaty establishing European Patent Office)

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Originally published June 1, 2009 Recently, the European Patent Office (EPO) announced changes to the rules of the European Patent Convention (EPC) as part of the EPO's initiative to speed up patent examination.

Upcoming Changes To European Patent Examination Procedures

The IPO has historically been stricter in denying software patents than European patent authorities, despite UK law being based on the European Patent Convention, on which the European Patent Office bases its decisions.

United Kingdom: Certain computer programs are patentable according to ...

11, 2008, ruled that the patent as granted did not meet the requirements for patentability under the European Patent Convention.

Genentech/Biogen Idec European Patent Revoked

Described by peers as "absolutely a model of the way Bills ought to be conducted", the Patents Bill included changes mandated by the need to re-align our patents legislation with the updated European Patent Convention (2000), as well as introducing a variety of changes intended to help patentees enforce their rights and to modernise the patent system.

Patents updated for new century

The European Patent Convention The European Patent Convention was conceived in 1973 by Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

To patent or not to patent: the European Union's new biotech directive

The EP patents-on-life ruling is in direct conflict with the European Patent Convention, which forbids the patenting of plants and animals.

Europe legalizes 'patents on life.' (includes related article on US' ...

The decision upholds the rejection of WARF's claims as being impermissible under a rule of the European Patent Convention that prohibits the patenting of inventions which concern "the uses of human embryos for industrial or commercial purposes.

Geron Issues Statement Regarding European Patent Office Decision in ...

Currently there are 36 member countries of the European Patent Convention (EPC) which can be designated in a European patent application.

Patents - Practice And Procedure